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Exclusive: Onego Bio nets $15.2m to advance animal-free egg protein production
The new funding is from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program and additional series A investors.
The new funding is from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program and additional series A investors.
“A lot of our clients come to us and say they’ve tried using off the shelf AI and in many cases, don’t feel it’s very powerful or helpful,” says Steve Gundrum. “And then they see what we’re able to do with our customized models and it completely changes their perspective.”
Under the deal, Leprino will have exclusive global rights to produce casein proteins made via Fooditive’s precision fermentation platform.
Ag spray drone distributors have formed a coalition to urge lawmakers to reconsider plans to restrict the US activities of Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies and say alternative approaches could address potential security concerns.
The first batch of carbon credits generated from methane reduction initiatives Mitti Labs is working on with Indian rice farmers should be issued in the summer of 2025.
After experiments with Amy’s Kitchen, Chef Bombay, and Sunbasket, Chef Robotics’ technology is being rolled out across North America.
Plus… Nestlé enters ‘blended meat’ space, Ahimsa acquires Good Catch alt-seafood production facility from Gathered Foods, and study probes ‘unexplored’ subsoil.
Bonumose has patented a low-cost production method it claims could catapult rare sugar tagatose from a niche to a mainstream sweetener.
The approval letter is the first to cover a meat-replacing mycoprotein strain outside of the Fusarium genus and the first to include an USDA evaluation of mycoprotein as a meat enhancer.
The House version of the 2025 defense spending bill includes provisions targeting Chinese firm DJI, the market leader in ag spray drones in the US. The Senate version does not. So what happens next?
Incredo Sugar is structured in such a way that human taste receptors perceive it to be sweeter than a comparable amount of sugar in free unassociated form, enabling sugar reductions of 30-70%.
The firm—which will use co-packers to manufacture its products with a view to launching in the fourth quarter of 2024—will have an initial focus on plant-based shrimp.
The best-known feed additive for reducing enteric methane emissions, Bovaer has just secured the regulatory green light for use in dairy cattle in the US. But who will pay for it, and what will drive widespread adoption?
Producing high-value proteins from genetically engineered black soldier flies is cheaper and more scalable than expressing them in engineered microbes via precision fermentation, claims Chilean startup ByBug.
Google’s parent company Alphabet is winding down operations at AI-fueled ag intelligence startup Mineral, just over a year after it emerged from stealth, although it is licensing some of its tech to partners such as Driscoll’s.
Afterlife Ag collects food waste from restaurants to grow gourmet mushrooms it then sells back to restaurateurs, creating a circular solution.
There are multiple ways to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce moving in bulk through the supply chain, but precious few options once it arrives at the back door of a restaurant, claims Prism.
“But one thing I will say,” says Dr. David Kaplan, “I don’t think stir tank reactors that have been used in pharma are going to work here. They’re just too expensive.”
UPSIDE Foods has engaged in a fresh round of layoffs in a bid to extend its runway as it expands its facility in Emeryville, California.
And businesses that don’t engage now risk being left behind, says Justin Honaman: ‘What are you doing today so you are not obsolete tomorrow?’
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